Franklin Templeton appoints global ETF head

Franklin Templeton Investments has named Patrick O’Connor as head of Global Exchange Traded Funds.

O’Connor will help navigate the active and rules-based ETF landscape.

He has more than 15 years of investment experience. He was previously at BlackRock, where he most recently served as managing director of iShares Product Canada, iShares Product Latin America and Iberia and iShares Equity Portfolio Management.

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